I will take a shot at that:
Most of them, except the pure diehards, that would rather lose a senate seat to show their TDS, will gladly pull the lever for Paxton as he is hands down a better pick than the mentally unstable one running as the opposition.
Not only does Paxton reflect the majority of texan views and beliefs, but he is also a R in the R column for national ramifications.
You responded to my "argument". I'm not making any argument.
All I have ever said is that the Texas race is an interesting test of YOUR theory, or let's call it the FR Standard Model.
What I believe is that 502,000 Cornyn voters, most of them (and this applies to Murkowski voters, and Collins voters, etc) are RINOs first, that they will vote for a Democrat or not vote before they vote for Paxton or anyone like Paxton.
We will see soon who is right.